Chalcon

In Greek mythology, the name Chalcon (Χάλκων) may refer to:

• Chalcon, one of the Telchines.[1]
• Chalcon, a Myrmidonian, father of Bathycles who was killed by Glaucus in the Trojan War.[2]
• Chalcon, father of a daughter Antiochis who, in one version, married Polybus of Corinth.[3]
• Chalcon, son of Metion and possible father of the Euboean Abas.[4]
• Chalcon of Cyparissia, charioteer, shield-bearer and tutor of Antilochus. During the Trojan War, he fell in love with Penthesilea and was killed by Achilles upon coming to her aid.[5]
• Chalcon occasionally refers to characters otherwise known under the name Chalcodon, including:
  • Chalcon of Cos, son of Eurypylus and Clytie.[6]
  • Chalcon, a suitor of Hippodamia.[7]

Notes

1. Eustathius on Homer, p. 772
2. Homer, Iliad, 16. 595
3. Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, 775
4. Scholia on Iliad, 2. 536
5. Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History, 1 in Photius, Myrobiblion, 190; Eustathius on Homer, 1697. 54
6. Theocritus, Idyll 7. 6 with scholia
7. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 1. 73 (114) & 81 (127)

References

• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.